[Mèng jiāng nǚ, ㄇㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄩˇ, 孟姜女] heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (5 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
hoagie \hoagie\, hoagy \hoagy\n.
a large sandwich on a long crusty roll that is split
lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and
onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used
in different sections of the U. S., such as {hero},
{grinder}, and {submarine}.
Syn: bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, Cuban
sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine,
submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
submarine sandwich \sub`ma*rine" sand"wich\, n.
A large sandwich on an elongated roll, usually incompletely
cut into two halves, filed with various cold cuts, meatballs,
lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, olives, etc., and spiced
variously, and often having oil or other dressing applied;
called also {hoagie}, {hero}, {hero sandwich}, {grinder},
{sub}, {submarine}, {poor boy}, and {Italian sandwich}. A
single such sandwich may consitute a substantial meal. Very
large variants are sometimes prepared for social gatherings
and cut into pieces for individual consumption.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sub \Sub\, n.
1. A subordinate; a subaltern. [Colloq.]
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2. a shortened form of {submarine}, the boat.
[PJC]
3. a shortened form of {submarine sandwich}; also called
{hero}, {hero sandwich}, and {grinder}.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hero \He"ro\ (h[=e]"r[-o]), n.; pl. {Heroes} (h[=e]"r[=o]z). [F.
h['e]ros, L. heros, Gr. "h`rws.]
1. (Myth.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after
death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
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2. A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or
fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage
in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or
illustrious person.
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Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody.
--Emerson.
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3. The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or
the person who has the principal share in the transactions
related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey,
and Aeneas in the Aeneid.
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The shining quality of an epic hero. --Dryden.
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{Hero worship}, extravagant admiration for great men, likened
to the ancient worship of heroes.
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Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever
exist, universally among mankind. --Carlyle.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hero
n 1: a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and
strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of
Britain"
2: the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
3: someone who fights for a cause [syn: {champion}, {fighter},
{hero}, {paladin}]
4: Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to
determine the area of a triangle and who described various
mechanical devices (first century) [syn: {Hero}, {Heron},
{Hero of Alexandria}]
5: (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage
celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal
and a god
6: (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself
when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the
Hellespont to see her
7: a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise
and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and
lettuce and condiments); different names are used in
different sections of the United States [syn: {bomber},
{grinder}, {hero}, {hero sandwich}, {hoagie}, {hoagy}, {Cuban
sandwich}, {Italian sandwich}, {poor boy}, {sub},
{submarine}, {submarine sandwich}, {torpedo}, {wedge}, {zep}]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
